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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

the Gate of Tears

The UN and the international media claim only 12,000 or so deaths in Yemen but this just doesn’t add up. If there have been 90,000 airstrikes (or one every 12 minutes, 123 a day for two years now) that means that only one Yemeni is killed for every 8 strikes? They must take us for idiots, or more likely, just to ignorant and brainwashed to know better. -- Thomas Mountain

The US has to protect its national interests in controlling the Bab Al Mandab chokepoint between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean through which passes the trade of the two biggest international partners, Europe and Asia.

“Mad Dog” Mattis is not going to sit by and lose control of the region. The US has a airbase in nearby Djibouti and most likely planning permanent bases in Yemen to aid the incoming onslaught of US military might.